Where to find 6 Nations rugby tournament on US TV and streaming
If you’re a rugby fan and you want the watch the 6 Nations Championship live on US television or streaming, here’s all of the information you need to enjoy one of the premier rugby competitions. With England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy competing, there promises to be several classic games appearing […]
If you’re a rugby fan and you want the watch the 6 Nations Championship live on US television or streaming, here’s all of the information you need to enjoy one of the premier rugby competitions.
With England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy competing, there promises to be several classic games appearing on your TV set, computer or tablet, but where can you find the games?
There are three options to choose from.
One, you can watch the games on illegal streams, but as the BBC recently reported, watching illegal streams is dangerous, putting your computer, personal privacy and bank details at risk.
Two, you can watch the games on beIN SPORTS who have the exclusive TV rights to the competition. However, out of the first 6 games in the tournament that they’ve announced the TV schedule for, only 2 of them will be shown live. And some of the tape-delay games will be first shown as many as 11 hours after the game begins. If you don’t get beIN SPORTS, you can sign up for a free 24-hour trial with fuboTV.
Three, you can see all of the games live (and/or on-demand) by directly accessing the world-class coverage from BBC and ITV. We’ll explain how you can do that in a minute, but first here’s the schedule:
6 Nations schedule (LIVE games)
Saturday, February 6
France vs. Italy, 9:25am ET, BBC (also live on beIN SPORTS)
Scotland vs. England, 11:50am ET, BBC
Sunday, February 7
Ireland vs. Wales, 10am ET, ITV
Saturday, February 13
France vs. Ireland, 9:25am ET, BBC
Wales vs. Scotland, 11:50am ET, BBC
Sunday, February 14
Italy vs. England, 9am ET, ITV (also live on beIN SPORTS)
Friday, February 26
Wales vs. France, 3:05pm ET, BBC
Saturday, February 27
Italy vs. Scotland, 9:25am ET, ITV
England vs. Ireland, 11:50am ET, ITV
Saturday, March 12
Ireland vs. Italy, 8:30am ET, ITV
England vs. Wales, 11am ET, ITV
Sunday, March 13
Scotland vs. France, 10am ET, BBC
Saturday, March 19
Wales vs. Italy, 9:30am ET, BBC
Ireland vs. Scotland, Noon ET, ITV
France vs. England, 3pm ET, BBC
No matter where you live across the USA (and anywhere around the world), you can watch the games and other programming on BBC and ITV by signing up for a free 7-day trial to Unblockus, which is a smart DNS service that allows you to change your computer settings so the BBC and ITV websites think you’re visiting from the UK.
By unblocking the BBC and/or ITV, you can watch games on your computer, smartphone or tablet. Plus you can ‘cast’ the games from any of those devices to your TV with Chromecast, so you can watch the games on the big screen.
Here are the steps to watch the 6 Nations for free:
- Sign up for a free 7-day trial to Unblockus by entering your e-mail address in the ‘Try us free for one week’ box.
- After you confirm your e-mail address, visit the Unblockus homepage again and click on the ‘Set it up’ button next to ‘Configure your device.’
- The website will then give you the easy-to-understand set-up directions for your device for both PCs and Macs. Or visit the ‘How to setup‘ page for more details.
- Then use the drop-down button to select ‘UK’ from the region picker.
- Click on any of the BBC or ITV links mentioned above, and as long as you’ve followed all of the above steps correctly, you should be able to see the live TV coverage perfectly.
In addition to Unblockus working on your computer, smartphone and tablet, you can also use it on your Apple TV, Roku, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, iOS, Android and several other devices.
After the free trial to Unblockus ends, you can use the service for just $4.99/month or $49.90 per year.
If you run into any technical issues, Unblockus has a customer service team that’s open 24 hours a day.
Yes, there are other smart DNS and VPN services, some of which are free, but the quality and reliability of them are poor. And Unblockus takes all of the frustration out of watching high-quality BBC and ITV coverage.
